COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has partnered with world-class, elite athlete training facilities across the nation to help America's Olympians, Paralympians and hopefuls receive the best athletic training services possible. Of the 10 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Sites, seven facilities hosted a 2008 U.S. Olympic or Paralympic Team Trials event, and eight summer sport facilities have hosted and trained 139 athletes on the current 2008 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Team rosters who will be traveling to Beijing to compete in the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

With more than 1,000 U.S. National Team athletes training at these facilities, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Sites provided a financial investment in 2007 of $3.5 million, which represents facility, operating, staffing, equipment and athlete training costs.